More Websites from the Mathematical Association's Compendium

Chris Pritchard & John Slavin, McLaren High School, Callander

On behalf of the Mathematical Association, we continue to collect websites of interest to mathematics teachers. Some of the most recent additions to the compendium are given below. For the full list, complete with hypertext links, visit:

www.m-a.org.uk/assoc/links/links2.htm.

The MA site is to be further developed in the near future. So, if the above page is inactive, try the front page, www.m-a.org.uk and select from the menu.

The compilers would welcome the help of SMC Journal readers in discovering even more websites for mathematics teachers. Please pass on your tips by email: chrispritchard2@aol.com.

Is this the World's Best Website?

Our top selection from this batch is a site devoted to Euclidean geometry and the geometry of the Inca. It is the work of Peruvian teacher and web designer, Antonio Gutierrez, and clearly a labour of love. Discover this profusion of colour and movement at:

http://agutie.homestead.com/files/index.html

Enrichment for Able Pupils

Mathzone Adventure Game (9-13 age range) www.4learning.co.uk/mathszone/

Games, Puzzles, Recreational Mathematics

Crossnumber: advanced: www.frogston.demon.co.uk/

on factorising: http://themathlab.com/Algebra/factoring/factorcross.htm

Recreational Mathematics http://web.singnet.com.sg/~okheng/

Polyominoes (Primary / Elementary School) http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/maths/OMA/polyomino/

Eastern strategy game 'Go' www.britgo.org

Noughts and Crosses (Tic-Tac-Toe) www.math.sc.edu/~sumner/ttt/TicTacToe.html

Geometry, Topology and Art

Angles of Triangle (Java) www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/san180/san180.html

Basic applets www.saltire.com/applets/geometry.htm

Origami in Education www.mizushobai.freeserve.co.uk/orimaths.htm

Wheel Trim Designs www.style-line.com/

(for reflective and rotational symmetry)

Japanese Family Crests or 'Ka-mon' (for reflective and rotational symmetry)

(i) Images courtesy of Dover Books: www.insects.org/ced4/japanese_crests.html

(ii) Images provided by Jill Britton: www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbkamon.htm

Java-based Pythagoras' Theorem sites:

(i) Euclid's proof www.execpc.com/~mikeber/eureka/java/Pythagoras.html

(ii) 37 different proofs www.cut-the-knot.com/pythagoras/

Extension to Varignon's Theorem (Java) www15.addr.com/~dscher/quad.html

Nine-Point Circle (Java) www.proviso.k12.il.us/EAST/GeometryWorld/ninepoint.htm

Morley's Theorem (Java) http://members.aol.com/Windmill96/morley/morley.html

Host of geometry applets (Java) www.studyworksonline.com/cda/explorations/main/0,1123,NAV2-21,00.html

Symmetry & Tessellations www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm

Escher Tile Gallery http://www.izzy.net/~jc/EscherTiles/EscherTiles.html

Andrew Crompton Tessellations http://www.cromp.com/tess/home.html

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *****

Polygons and Tilings www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit5/unit5.html

Explore the Parabola www.7stones.com/Homepage/Publisher/p3.html

Parabola: explore focus and directrix (Java) www15.addr.com/~dscher/foldedrect.html

Van Schooten's Parabola (Java applets) www15.addr.com/~dscher/schooten.html

http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/jpaulk/geosketch/PARGENVS.HTM

Van Schooten's Ellipse (Java) www15.addr.com/~dscher/schooten.html

http://140.114.32.3/disk3/cabrijava/vanschooten.html

http://poncelet.math.nthu.edu.tw/disk4/jsp-all/tram2.htm

Euclid's Elements (in plain English http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/

and beautifully illustrated by Java applets) elements/elements.html

Mathematics of the Egyptian Pyramids http://www.hsepb.com/SWE/engegypt/PYRMDIMS/PYRAMID.HTM

http://www.geocities.com/~selinunte/egypt/pyrtable.html

The Geometry Junkyard http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/dissect.html

Research

OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA (No data here, just the means to buy the book of tables and graphs) www.pisa.oecd.org

Links and Search Engines

Appetizers and Lessons for Mathematics and Pattern Based Reason

http://whyslopes.com/#top

Polyhedra Pastimes (Links to 30 activities) www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbpolyhedra.htm

Number Patterns, Fun with Curves, and Topology www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbfunpatt.htm

(Links to 18 activities)

Various links http://www.inform.umd.edu/UMS+State/UMD-Projects/MCTP/Technology/Mathematics .html

Special Needs

Blindness and Mathematics: Short Bibliography of Research Papers

http://homepages.which.net/~gk.sherman/mh.htm

Abledata (Adaptations to technology, etc) www.abledata.com/text2/pubs.htm

National Blind Childrens Society www.nbcs.org.uk/

Dyslexia Institute www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/

Mathematical Competitions

Olympiads http://imo.math.ca/

Canadian Mathematical Society Competitions www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/

New Brunswick (Junior HS) Maths Competition http://www.math.unb.ca/mathcomp/

Reference

Mathematics Thesaurus/Dictionary http://thesaurus.maths.org/index.html

Dictionary of units of measurement www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

Conversions between units in different systems www.convert-me.com/en/

(e.g. miles to kilometres)

Resources and Materials (Primary)

Project HappyChild www.happychild.org.uk/wks/math/key3/

(resources, links, activities, problems) www.happychild.org.uk/home14.htm

Project HappyChild: Mathematics worksheet index http://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/math/index.htm

Worksheet generators http://abcteach.com/Math/mathTOC.htm

RHLSchool: Problem solving (for Upper Primary) www.rhlschool.com/math.htm

MathSphere Numeracy www.numeracyhour.com/

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *****

Resources and Materials (Secondary)

Project HappyChild: Mathematics worksheet index http://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/math/index.htm

Interactive Geometry Classroom Resources http://mathforum.org/dynamic.html

Statistics

Dice experiments (Java) www.math.uah.edu/stat/applets/DiceExperiment.html

Teacher Associations and Periodicals

Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers http://qamt.cqu.edu.au/index.html

Mathematical Association of Western Australia www.cowan.edu.au/pa/MAWA/

Technology

Project Mathematics (Videotapes for the classroom from a Caltech team led by Apostol)

www.projectmathematics.com/

Model Lessons on Video http://whyslopes.com/formp.php

TI Graphics Calculators http://www.phschool.com/atschool/Mathematics/support.html

Websites Promoting ICT in Teaching

Association for ICT in Education www.acitt.org.uk

BBC Webwise http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/

Internet for Teachers http://www.massnetworks.org/~nicoley/tutorial/

Learning and Technology in Schools Project, Australia

http://www.schools.nt.edu.au/olsu/

Miscellaneous

RHL School (problem solving questions / puzzles) http://www.rhlschool.com/

Mathematical Connections in Art, Music and Science

http://www.sckans.edu/Pages/Events/summer/WORKSHOP/bridgeswork/home.h tml

Newton's Method http://www.math.sc.edu/cgi-bin/sumcgi/Newton.pl

Loan Repayment http://www.math.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jensen/loan

Mark's Maths Pages (inc. Geometer's Sketchpad) www.mfdabbs.com

Complex Numbers (applet) http://whyslopes.com/freeAccess/applet.html

Prentice Hall (materials, problems) http://www.phschool.com/math/index.html

Scientific Applications of Mathematics (Brandeis University)

http://www.7stones.com/